Meaning & use
stale
No longer fresh, especially food that has lost its flavor, or an idea that has become boring from overuse.
See it in a sentence
The bread had gone stale after sitting out on the counter overnight.
His jokes felt stale after he had told the same ones for years.
A note on using this word
Stale applies literally to food and drink and figuratively to ideas, routines, or relationships that have lost their vitality.
Words with a similar meaning
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “stale”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.